The thriller film that I watched was ‘The Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials’.

In this film we get to see a group of teenagers (The Gladers) try to succeed in a major escape, after they unveil the truth about what their corporation are doing/ planning to do. The truth that the teens uncover inform them that this corporation is draining them of their unique talents of survival to help cure an out break of a disease (The Flare). However, after they succeed in their escape they come face to face with a number of obstacles which makes their journey for help a lot harder. One of these obstacles is the disease previously mentioned. This dangerous disease has become universal in the outside world and therefore is taking over. Although, when they finally overcome these challenges they meet a group called ‘The Right Hand’ they join them  and together they fight WCKD to demolish their plan.

5 things that I saw in this film that are usually shown in thriller films are:

  • The theme involved the main character facing a quest.
  • A stormy night is shown towards the end of the film.
  • There are opposing teams who are fighting against each other.
  • There are innocent victims
  • Dark alleys/ buildings are shown throughout the film

From this I was taught that there are particular aspects of thriller films that are actually expected and are necessary. I learnt that in order to make a film known as a thriller you need to include these elements to indicate the genre. Moreover, in the future I will in fact be able to use this task to my advantage and remember what was needed to make my opening sequence a proper thriller.